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11-27-2009, 07:51 AM #11Member
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My top 5 would be:
- Any of the new Thiers Issard Carbonsong 135 razors.
- Robert Williams Custom (highly recomended)
- Vintage Joseph Rodgers & Sons
- Bill Ellis Hybrid or Custom (very rare and hard to come by)
- An old version Dovo #41 Inox.
BTW I have owned or still own all of these razors and they are my favorites. Good luck with the hunt.笑う門に福来たる。
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11-27-2009, 09:02 AM #12.
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"Cheap Tools Is Misplaced Economy. Always buy the best and highest grade of razors, hones and strops. Then you are prepared to do the best work."
- Napoleon LeBlanc, 1895
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11-27-2009, 10:28 PM #13< Banned User >
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My top 5 are as follows:
Joseph Rodgers & Sons
Wade and Butcher
Frederick W. Engels
Boker or Wapi cant decided here.
I should note 95% of my collection consists of the top 3 brands.
2 J. Rodgers and Sons
7. Wade and Butchers
4. FWE's
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11-27-2009, 10:33 PM #14Beard growth challenged
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Henckels (really old ones only)
Wüsthof
Hammesfahr
W&B
Heiffor
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11-27-2009, 11:09 PM #15Senior Member
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If we're including custom makers ;
Robert Williams,
Mastro Livi,
Joe Chandler,
L.W. HarnerBe careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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11-29-2009, 08:26 PM #16Only the paranoid survive
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1) Joseph Rodgers & Sons
2) Novelty Cutlery Co.
3) Geo. Wolstenholm
4)Kinfolks
5) American Knife Co.
My best shaver is an early 1800's Bresancon Damascus, but I only have the 1 so I can't comment on the maker as a brand.
Kindest regards,
Alex
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11-29-2009, 08:36 PM #17Senior Member
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Puma, Heljestrand, E.A. Berg, Schlieper and Filarmonica. Not necessarily in that order.
Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr.
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12-01-2009, 02:11 PM #18Member
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OK, this is a bit out there price-wise ($250.00), but I bought a "close-out" presharpened Filarmonica from Classic Shaving and it is head and shoulders the best razor I have. It's so good that its' hard to describe. A close second is a Herbert Wacker, not cheap itself. Both are wide blades. In fact, I'm thinking about reducing my inventory to just a few, which would also include a TI and a Dovo.
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12-01-2009, 02:40 PM #19Know thyself
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If I tell you, you'll just go buy them all and there will be none left for me...
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12-01-2009, 03:45 PM #20what Dad calls me
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JR Torrey, the best steel out there! The rest are a matter of individual preference.
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